Liber Ecclesiasticus, 2

1. fili accedens servituti Dei sta in justitia et timore et præpara animam tuam ad temptationem

1. Son, when thou comest to the service of God, stand in justice and in fear, and prepare thy soul for temptation.

2. deprime cor tuum et sustine declina aurem et excipe verba intellectus et ne festines in tempus obductionis

2. Humble thy heart, and endure: incline thy ear, and receive the words of understanding: and make not haste in the time of clouds.

3. sustine sustentationes Dei coniungere Deo et sustine ut crescat in novissimo vita tua

3. Wait on God with patience: join thyself to God, and endure, that thy life may be increased in the latter end.

4. omne quod tibi adplicitum fuerit accipe et in dolore sustine et in humilitate tua habe patientiam

4. Take all that shall be brought upon thee: and in thy sorrow endure, and in thy humiliation keep patience.

5. quoniam in igne probatur aurum et argentum homines vero receptibiles in camino humiliationis

5. For gold and silver are tried in the fire, but acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.

6. crede Deo et recuperabit te et dirige viam tuam et spera in illum serva timorem illius et in illo veteresce

6. Believe God, and he will recover thee: and direct thy way, and trust in him. Keep his fear, and grow old therein.

7. metuentes Deum sustinete misericordiam ejus et non deflectatis ab illo ne cadatis

7. Ye that fear the Lord, wait for his mercy: and go not aside from him, lest ye fall.

8. qui timetis Deum credite illi et non evacuabitur merces vestra

8. Ye that fear the Lord, believe him: and your reward shall not be made void.

9. qui timetis Deum sperate in illum et in oblectatione veniet vobis misericordia

9. Ye that fear the Lord, hope in him: and mercy shall come to you for your delight.

10. qui timetis Deum diligite illum et inluminabuntur corda vestra

10. Ye that fear the Lord, love him, and your hearts shall be enlightened.

11. respicite filii nationes hominum et scitote quis speravit in Dominum et confusus est

11. My children behold the generations of men: and know ye that no one hath hoped in the Lord, and hath been confounded.

12. permansit in mandatis ejus et derelictus est et quis invocavit illum et despexit illum

12. For who hath continued in his commandment, and hath been forsaken? or who hath called upon him, and he despised him?

13. quoniam pius et misericors Deus et remittit in tempore tribulationis peccata omnibus exquirentibus se in veritate

13. For God is compassionate and merciful, and will forgive sins in the day of tribulation: and he is a protector to all that seek him in truth.

14. væ duplici corde et labiis scelestis et manibus malefacientibus et peccatori terram ingredienti duabus viis

14. Woe to them that are of a double heart and to wicked lips, and to the hands that do evil, and to the sinner that goeth on the earth two ways.

15. væ dissolutis corde qui non credunt Deo ideo non protegentur ab eo

15. Woe to them that are fainthearted, who believe not God: and therefore they shall not be protected by him.

16. væ his qui perdiderunt sustinentiam qui dereliquerunt vias rectas et deverterunt in vias pravas

16. Woe to them that have lost patience, and that have forsaken the right ways, and have gone aside into crooked ways.

17. et quid facietis cum inspicere cœperit Deus

17. And what will they do, when the Lord shall begin to examine?

18. qui timent Dominum non erunt incredibiles verbo illius et qui diligunt illum conservabunt viam illius

18. They that fear the Lord, will not be incredulous to his word: and they that love him, will keep his way.

19. qui timent Dominum inquirent quæ beneplacita sunt illi et qui diligunt eum replebuntur lege ipsius

19. They that fear the Lord, will seek after the things that are well pleasing to him: and they that love him, shall be filled with his law.

20. qui timent Dominum parabunt corda sua et in conspectu illius sanctificabunt animas suas

20. They that fear the Lord, will prepare their hearts, and in his sight will sanctify their souls.

21. qui timent Dominum custodiunt mandata illius et patientiam habebunt usque ad inspectionem illius

21. They that fear the Lord, keep his Commandments, and will have patience even until his visitation,

22. dicentes si pænitentiam non egerimus incidemus in Dei manus et non in manus hominum

22. Saying: If we do not penance, we shall fall into the hands of the Lord, and not into the hands of men.

23. secundum enim magnitudinem illius sic et misericordia ipsius cum ipso

23. For according to his greatness, so also is his mercy with him.